Steam Deck
Steam Deck is a portable gaming device that runs the Steam platform, allowing users to play PC games in handheld form.
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Steam Deck is a portable gaming device designed for playing games from the Steam platform away from a traditional desktop or console setup. It combines handheld hardware with Steam features such as game access, updates, and PC game compatibility. The product is aimed at gamers who want a portable way to play PC games using the Steam ecosystem.
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With the upcoming physical release of Grand Theft Auto 6 lacking a disc, as well as Sony’s announcement about the end of PlayStation discs in 2028, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the future of games and physical media. In an interview with IGN , former co-founder of Rockstar Games, D
Columns Community MMORPG Opinion I feel very fortunate that I bought a Steam Deck a year ago instead of waiting since the price of everything has skyrocketed this year because of gestures. But I admit I’ve been somewhat disappointed at both the number of MMORPGs that function genuinely well on the p
Disgruntled gamer builds booby-trapped Steam Deck with 3D-printed spikes and a built-in taser — Raspberry Pi powers speaker, camera, and alarm to stop family members draining his battery ee access to reviews, badges and discussions. Become a member Premium member Unlock exclusive tools and insights
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift Codes and How To Redeem Them Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is now available worldwide. If you ve just bought it or are planning to, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift features gift codes or passwords you can input to earn special rewards. Some of these require being c
The Best RPGs To Play on PS5 Pro – Enhanced Games, Boost Mode, PSSR 2, and More Alongside our features covering the best RPGs on Steam Deck , RPGs on Switch 2 , and on Game Pass RPGs , I've put together one to cover the best RPGs playable on PS5 Pro. This will cover PS5 Pro Enhanced RPGs, PS5 games
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Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser believes that, if players want their games released on physical media, then "companies should provide it." The former Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption developer opened up about the state of physical media in the gaming space during a conversation with IGN
Lavish Hospitality can double Pal drops, but the real trick is catching the Pal first and checking whether it has the trait before you butcher it.
Mystery-heavy Metroidvanias are worth playing when the unknown changes how you move, fight, and explore — turning confusion into the point of discovery.
007 First Light’s Behind Enemy Lines update is already tackling 200+ issues and kicking off the game’s free DLC roadmap, giving players more reasons to stay in the Bond universe.
The Heartopia Rainbow Event is a short, six-hour special weather window that starts at 6 PM server time, and the fastest way to make it worth your time is to check the in-game watch for the rainbow icon, grab Rainbow Bouquets for their 30-minute buff, then follow the rainbow to Doris in Whalefall Canyon before it vanishes.
Doris only shows up when the weather gets weird—Rain, Snowfall, Meteor Showers, and Rainbows each send her to a different part of Heartopia with totally different stock.
Silksong is still the obvious weekend draw, but Black Flag Resynced and Othercide make a strong case for pirates, punishment, and a whole lot of Hornet-shaped panic.
The Switch version takes a 30 fps hit while handheld PCs run circles around it, and don't count on Switch 2 backward compatibility to save you.
The twin-stick control scheme might be the genre's first real evolution since Wipeout, and the battle royale structure finally solves combat racing's eternal lobby problem.
The Bloodroots follow-up nails chaotic co-op musou action on Game Pass day one, though locked characters and early repetition hint at the work still ahead.
Crimson Desert’s Update 1.15 is less about new content and more about making Pywel feel like a place the game actually remembers to function properly.
Steam is still waiting for an official Deck 2, but Valve has plenty of reasons to treat 2026 as the smart window to defend PC gaming’s handheld future.
Disgaea Mayhem now available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC NIS America has announced that Disgaea Mayhem is now available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC ( Steam ). In case you missed it, we compared game performance on various platforms
The voyage's final song waits on Nassau's western shore, ready to turn every subsequent journey home into a proper farewell.
Captain Morgan's Redingote is the best-looking coat in Black Flag Resynced and you can snag it in two minutes on Black Island — if you take the back-door route past the patrols.
Fifty rooms of heavy, sagging cables and brutalist corporate mystery — where the physics mostly holds and the solutions are as weird as you make them.
VITURE's refurbished lineup drops to record lows with an extra 15% off coupon, making premium XR glasses finally affordable for gamers and productivity users alike.
If you're dropping $100 on a free-to-play MMORPG's founder's pack and getting zero premium currency or subscription time, NCSoft better hope those exclusive wings do the heavy lifting.
Grab the Pirate Captain Outfit in AC Black Flag Resynced by following a treasure map on Corozal, then diving through a jellyfish-filled cave on Ambergris Key — no real money needed, just 20 minutes of smart sailing.
Sony’s next controller could finally kill stick drift with a magnetic sensor design that doesn’t wear out, because no one wants to keep buying $70 controllers.
The Pollo Sprite is a goofy chicken-themed back bling that spawns at a single farm in Chapter 7 Season 3, and here's exactly where to find it.
Gaming friends in different countries can finally stop doing math—Steam just made gifting games as simple as sending an email.
Microsoft finally cracks open the original Xbox vault for PC and handhelds, starting with four classics running at resolutions the green box could only dream of.
The crows in Moonlight Peaks don't just snack — they strategize, targeting your starfruit the day before harvest, so you'll need layered defenses: netting that actually tensions right, scarecrow math that doesn't leave gaps, and a few sacrificial plots to buy time while your Battery Packs charge.
Eight IGS arcade classics headlined by the Knights of Valour series arrive on Steam August 13, packing four-player online co-op and modern luxuries like save states, move lists, and one-button special moves.
Steam has released a feature that gamers have been requesting. The article's title indicates it will explain what the feature does.
Xbox announced on Wednesday that it is bringing Backward Compatibility to PC for the first time, launching on July 22 with four classic games and more to follow. The feature's system requirements were also revealed, with minimum specs including an Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 GPU, an Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Windows 11.
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With the upcoming physical release of Grand Theft Auto 6 lacking a disc, as well as Sony’s announcement about the end of PlayStation discs in 2028, there has been quite a bit of discussion about the future of games and physical media. In an interview with IGN , former co-founder of Rockstar Games, D
Columns Community MMORPG Opinion I feel very fortunate that I bought a Steam Deck a year ago instead of waiting since the price of everything has skyrocketed this year because of gestures. But I admit I’ve been somewhat disappointed at both the number of MMORPGs that function genuinely well on the p
Disgruntled gamer builds booby-trapped Steam Deck with 3D-printed spikes and a built-in taser — Raspberry Pi powers speaker, camera, and alarm to stop family members draining his battery ee access to reviews, badges and discussions. Become a member Premium member Unlock exclusive tools and insights
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift Codes and How To Redeem Them Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is now available worldwide. If you ve just bought it or are planning to, Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road Gift features gift codes or passwords you can input to earn special rewards. Some of these require being c
The Best RPGs To Play on PS5 Pro – Enhanced Games, Boost Mode, PSSR 2, and More Alongside our features covering the best RPGs on Steam Deck , RPGs on Switch 2 , and on Game Pass RPGs , I've put together one to cover the best RPGs playable on PS5 Pro. This will cover PS5 Pro Enhanced RPGs, PS5 games
Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser believes that, if players want their games released on physical media, then "companies should provide it." The former Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption developer opened up about the state of physical media in the gaming space during a conversation with IGN
Lavish Hospitality can double Pal drops, but the real trick is catching the Pal first and checking whether it has the trait before you butcher it.
Mystery-heavy Metroidvanias are worth playing when the unknown changes how you move, fight, and explore — turning confusion into the point of discovery.
007 First Light’s Behind Enemy Lines update is already tackling 200+ issues and kicking off the game’s free DLC roadmap, giving players more reasons to stay in the Bond universe.
The Heartopia Rainbow Event is a short, six-hour special weather window that starts at 6 PM server time, and the fastest way to make it worth your time is to check the in-game watch for the rainbow icon, grab Rainbow Bouquets for their 30-minute buff, then follow the rainbow to Doris in Whalefall Canyon before it vanishes.
Doris only shows up when the weather gets weird—Rain, Snowfall, Meteor Showers, and Rainbows each send her to a different part of Heartopia with totally different stock.
Silksong is still the obvious weekend draw, but Black Flag Resynced and Othercide make a strong case for pirates, punishment, and a whole lot of Hornet-shaped panic.
The Switch version takes a 30 fps hit while handheld PCs run circles around it, and don't count on Switch 2 backward compatibility to save you.
The twin-stick control scheme might be the genre's first real evolution since Wipeout, and the battle royale structure finally solves combat racing's eternal lobby problem.
The Bloodroots follow-up nails chaotic co-op musou action on Game Pass day one, though locked characters and early repetition hint at the work still ahead.
Crimson Desert’s Update 1.15 is less about new content and more about making Pywel feel like a place the game actually remembers to function properly.
Steam is still waiting for an official Deck 2, but Valve has plenty of reasons to treat 2026 as the smart window to defend PC gaming’s handheld future.
Disgaea Mayhem now available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC NIS America has announced that Disgaea Mayhem is now available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC ( Steam ). In case you missed it, we compared game performance on various platforms
The voyage's final song waits on Nassau's western shore, ready to turn every subsequent journey home into a proper farewell.
Captain Morgan's Redingote is the best-looking coat in Black Flag Resynced and you can snag it in two minutes on Black Island — if you take the back-door route past the patrols.
Fifty rooms of heavy, sagging cables and brutalist corporate mystery — where the physics mostly holds and the solutions are as weird as you make them.
VITURE's refurbished lineup drops to record lows with an extra 15% off coupon, making premium XR glasses finally affordable for gamers and productivity users alike.
If you're dropping $100 on a free-to-play MMORPG's founder's pack and getting zero premium currency or subscription time, NCSoft better hope those exclusive wings do the heavy lifting.
Grab the Pirate Captain Outfit in AC Black Flag Resynced by following a treasure map on Corozal, then diving through a jellyfish-filled cave on Ambergris Key — no real money needed, just 20 minutes of smart sailing.
Sony’s next controller could finally kill stick drift with a magnetic sensor design that doesn’t wear out, because no one wants to keep buying $70 controllers.
The Pollo Sprite is a goofy chicken-themed back bling that spawns at a single farm in Chapter 7 Season 3, and here's exactly where to find it.
Gaming friends in different countries can finally stop doing math—Steam just made gifting games as simple as sending an email.
Microsoft finally cracks open the original Xbox vault for PC and handhelds, starting with four classics running at resolutions the green box could only dream of.
The crows in Moonlight Peaks don't just snack — they strategize, targeting your starfruit the day before harvest, so you'll need layered defenses: netting that actually tensions right, scarecrow math that doesn't leave gaps, and a few sacrificial plots to buy time while your Battery Packs charge.
Eight IGS arcade classics headlined by the Knights of Valour series arrive on Steam August 13, packing four-player online co-op and modern luxuries like save states, move lists, and one-button special moves.
Steam has released a feature that gamers have been requesting. The article's title indicates it will explain what the feature does.
Xbox announced on Wednesday that it is bringing Backward Compatibility to PC for the first time, launching on July 22 with four classic games and more to follow. The feature's system requirements were also revealed, with minimum specs including an Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 GPU, an Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and Windows 11.